Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 1980s
4,363 photos, in date order; 2,161–2,220 on this page. The photographer dedicated these photographs to the public domain. About the collection

Japantown Peace Pagoda, San Francisco, California
1980–2006

Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana
1980–2006

Janitor cleans the floor in front of the iconic Minerva in the Great Hall of the, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C
1980–2006

Jacobsen farmstead, run by the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Springfield Township, Iowa
1980–2006

James Monroe's cast-iron memorial in the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia
1980–2006

James Harvey's "The Chair," based on a design of an actual chair by Duncan Phyfe in "Chair City" Thomasville, North Carolina
1980–2006

Japanese lantern on the Potomac River Tidal Basin during spring cherry blossom season, Washington, D.C
1980–2006

Jacob Weinberger Federal Courthouse in San Diego, California
1980–2006

Jalopy that has seen better days
1980–2006

Jackpot! Las Vegas, Nevada
1980–2006

James Earle Fraser's 'Authority of Law' sculpture outside U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C
1980–2006

Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
1980–2006

Jefferson Memorial taken from an open window in the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C
1980–2006

Jewelers' Building, Chicago, Illinois
1980–2006

Jericho Road covered bridge in Baltimore County, Maryland
1980–2006

Jockey's Ridge State Park, North Carolina, the East's tallest natural sand dune located in Nags Head, North Carolina
1980–2006

Lied Discovery Children's Museum, opened in 1990, Las Vegas, Nevada
1980–2006

Jockey's Ridge, Nags Head, North Carolina, is the tallest natural sand dune system in the eastern United States
1980–2006

Jesus icon and votive candles at the Baltimore Basilica, Baltimore, Maryland
1980–2006

Jewelry and mementos at Rockwood Manor House built in the 1850s, Wilmington, Delaware
1980–2006

Jazzman, New Orleans, Louisiana
1980–2006

Joe Louis's grave, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
1980–2006

John Barianos, who supervised the artisans who restored Washington's Union Station in the 1980s, shown with his family. Washington, D.C
1980–2006

John Barianos talks with a craftsman at the historic Willard Hotel during the 1980s restoration, Washington, D.C
1980–2006

John F. Kennedy's White House office replicated at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts
1980–2006

John Barianos, right, teaches an artisan how to draw the pattern of a mosaic floor in the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., during the 1980s restoration
1980–2006

John F. Kennedy home, Brookline, Massachusetts
1980–2006

John F. Kennedy statue outside the Capitol, Boston, Massachusetts
1980–2006

John McDonogh Statue, Lafayette Square, New Orleans, Louisiana
1980–2006

John Quincy Adams house, Massachusetts
1980–2006

John Philip Sousa gravesite at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C
1980–2006

Johnson Wax Headquarters, Racine, Wisconsin
1980–2006

John W. Marriott III house in Potomac, Maryland. Located at 9900 New London Drive.
1980–1990

Joshua Secrest's octagonal barn near West Branch, Iowa
1980–2006

Juke Box museum in Texas
1980–2006

Joshua Secrest's octagonal barn near Herbert Hoover's birthplace in West Branch, Iowa
1980–2006

Judge Roy Bean's Saloon, Langtry, Texas
1980–2006

Kate Carter sitting at a barn door on the farm where Carol Highsmith's grandfather and great-grandfather were born in Wentworth, North Carolina
1980–2006

Kate Carter, on her 90th birthday, poses in the log cabins where photographer Carol M. Highsmith's great-grandfather, Pleasant Jiles Carter (1847-1931) and grandfather, Yancey Ligon Carter (1873-1947) were born and lived in Wentworth, North Carolina
1980–2006

Kate Carter with a neighbor at the water well at the log cabins where photographer Carol M. Highsmith's great-grandfather, Pleasant Jiles Carter (1847-1931) and grandfather, Yancey Ligon Carter (1873-1947) were born and lived in Wentworth, North Carolina
1980–2006

Junkyard lunch counter stools
1980–2006

K Street view from Franklin Park in Washington, D.C
1980–2006

Jupiter Inlet Light, first lit in 1860, was erected on a prehistoric Indian mound, Jupiter, Florida
1980–2006

Kansas sunflower field up close
1980–2006

Katharine Seymour Day house, Hartford, Connecticut
1980–2006

Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas
1980–2006

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
1980–2006

Lake Mead National Recreation Area, formed by the creation of Hoover Dam, near Boulder City, Nevada
1980–2006

Kennedy gravesite below Lee-Custis Mansion at Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
1980–2006

Kenneth Triester created the Sculpture of Love and Anguish at the Holocaust Memorial in Miami Beach, Florida
1980–2006

Kehoe House, built in 1892 for foundry owner William Kehoe, and Irish immigrant in Savannah, Georgia
1980–2006

Kennedy Plaza, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1980–2006

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C
1980–2006

Kennedy Center from the Potomac River in Washington, D.C
1980–2006

Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Garden in Anacostia, Washington, D.C
1980–2006

Kensington Manor on the antebellum Kensington Plantation, Eastover, South Carolina
1980–2006

Keepers' quaters at the Rose Island Lighthouse, which became a museum and hostel, Newport, Rhode Island
1980–2006

Lake Las Vegas and a sprawling Hyatt resort and spa outside Las Vegas, Nevada
1980–2006

Keepers' quarters at the Rose Island Lighthouse, which became a museum and hostel, Newport, Rhode Island
1980–2006

Kids order sno-balls, the New Orleans Louisiana version of what others call sno-cone
1980–2006